The Minneapolis Redistricting Group meets again today to discuss new Ward boundaries. You can find a good summary of the issues discussed at the last session here. They'll be meeting today at 4 PM to review the draft Ward maps – here's the link to today's agenda and info on how to watch.

If you want to submit a comment or a map, here's some information on how to do so. They'll meet again on Friday to discuss the maps a bit further.

The School Board met for nearly 5 hours last night to discuss a variety of issues we mentioned in yesterday's email, including the implementation of a testing mandate for unvaccinated student athletes.

MPS parent Melissa Whitler will be providing a breakdown of the meeting starting at 9:30 on our Twitter account, and we'll have a piece up on our website from her later today.

LINK ROUNDUP‍

The Racial Justice Network hosted an event to discuss the education gaps in Minneapolis Schools. State testing results showed only 19% of Black students reading at grade level while 74% of white students do. (FOX 9)

GET INVOLVED

If you missed the Cedar-Isles Master Plan meeting last night, don't worry! There's still time to get involved. You can take a virtual walking tour here to see the plans. If you have comments or thoughts, contact project manager Emma Pachuta at epachuta@minneapolisparks.org.

Calling all residents of The Wedge: Take the Community Health Survey through the U of M School of Nursing and the HUE-Man Partnership to give the researchers and the neighborhood association data on how to build a healthier neighborhood and get a $10 gift card in the process.

STUFF TO DO

Up-Down Arcade is hosting a Super Smash Brothers tournament on Sunday.

HUGE Theater is hosting HUGE Wednesdays tonight. Go see four improv groups for $10.

Bryant Lake Bowl is showing a film and a show about punk rock tonight, one featuring the story of Angelo Moore and the other about the East LA band Nervous Gender.